[1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
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AND SO, I'LL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER.
AND OUR FIRST ORDER OF -- IF YOU WOULD STAND AND JOIN ME.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF OUR MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 17TH.ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS TO THE MINUTES THAT WERE PROVIDED IN YOUR PACKETS, GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE, IF IT'S YOUR PLEASURE, CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION OF APPROVAL.
>> MOVE TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. COMMISSIONER AASEN AVAILABLE? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. VERY
[3.a. Cash Flow Report]
GOOD. OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS ARE THE FINANCIAL MATTERS, AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE CASH FLOW REPORT.MR. LEE. >> THANK YOU. THE COMMISSION'S END OF MONTH BALANCE FOR SEPTEMBER WAS $8,600,003. AND INCLUDING THE RESTRICTED FUNDS, IT WAS $20,777,734.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. LEE ON THE CASH FLOW REPORT? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE
[3.b. Approval of Claims]
ON TO THE APPROVAL OF CLAIMS AND ONCE AGAIN, MR. LEE.>> YOU HAVE TWO SETS OF CLAIMS FOR YOU TONIGHT. FIRST FROM NONOPERATING EXPENSES IN THE AMOUNT OF $17,841.65. THE SECOND ONE FROM THE 2021 GO
BONDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $189.57. >> THAT WAS A BIG ONE THERE.
VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. LEE REGARDING THE CLAIMS BEFORE US TONIGHT? SEEING NONE, IF IT'S YOUR PLEASURE, CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION OF APPROVAL.
>> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? IT IS APPROVED.
[4. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT]
VERY GOOD. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.MR. DIRECTOR. >> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS, SO THIS EXECUTIVE REPORT IS GOING TO BE THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE MEETING FOR EVERYONE.
>> VERY GOOD. >> I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH OUR ACTIVITIES LAST MONTH AND THEN SHOW YOU SOMETHING ELSE THAT SOME OF OUR STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING ON. SO, PROJECTS CONTINUE IN CITY CENTER.
THIS IS A GREAT PICTURE OF THE NORTH PROJECT. IT'S ACTUALLY RISEN EVEN HIGHER THAN THIS. FUN TIME TO DRIVE BY THIS AND SEE IT BE BUILT. THE MULTIFAMILY HAS STARTED, AND THEN THE FOR SALE CONDOS ARE STARTING SHORTLY. THEY'RE GETTING READY TO MOBILIZE ON SITE. GOOD STUFF THERE.
FIRST ON MAIN IS OPEN. MAGNOLIA CONTINUES TO BUILD OUT UNITS.
I HEARD THIS WEEK THAT 20 OUT OF THOSE -- OUT OF THOSE 25 NOW CONDOS ARE
>> THAT WAS FAST. ALSO, IF YOU'VE BEEN BY THIS BUILDING, IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.
CONSTRUCTION IS GENERALLY -- WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE? ALL RIGHT. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE. I WANT TO UPDATE EVERYONE THAT, WHILE NOT EXACTLY IN THIS IMAGE, THIS RIGHT HERE IS THE -- AS IT GOES DOWN MAIN STREET IS A ROW OF 22 FOR-SALE UNITS BY ROWS, AND IF YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE INDIANA DESIGN CENTER RECENTLY, THEY JUST OPENED THEIR CONDO SHOWROOM IN THERE.
SO, IF ANYONE WANTS SOME CONDOS ON MAIN STREET, COME TO THE INDIANA DESIGN CENTER AND CHECK OUT ROSE'S CONDO SHOWROOM, PICK YOUR FINISHES.
LOTS OF GREAT PROGRESS ON THE AT&T SITE AS WELL.
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THE PLAZA IS BEING ENCLOSED NOW. MOVING ALONG VERY FAST. SIGNATURE 55, AGAIN, WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, AND WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THOSE ISSUES NOW. THAT PRETTY MUCH SUMS UP THE REDEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.YESTERDAY, OR EARLIER THIS WEEK --
>> HENRY, ONE QUICK ONE. ON THE AT&T SITE, ARE THERE TOWN
>> OH, THEY'RE FOR RENT? I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A
FOR-SALE PRODUCT. >> SO, TO ANYONE WATCHING, VICE PRESIDENT BOWERS IS SPEAKING OF THESE TOWN MES HERE. THEY'RE FOR RENT. THEY LOOK LIKE THEY COULD BE FOR SALE. THEY LOOK REALLY NICE. OKAY, SO, EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE CARMEL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON THE ARTS MET, AND REDEVELOPMENT STAFF HAVE BEEN HELPING THE COMMISSION ON THE ARTS.
THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS MOSTLY LED BY LARISSA ON OUR TEAM, OUR SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER, WHO WE ALLOWED TO GO HOME TO HER KID TONIGHT INSTEAD OF BE HERE. AND LARISSA HAS PUT A TON OF WORK INTO BASICALLY THIS PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN THAT THE MAYOR WANTED THE -- OUR COMMISSION TO TOGETHER, THE PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN, BASICALLY SHOWING WHAT OUR ART INVENTORY CURRENTLY IS, SETS GUIDELINES FOR HOW WE ACQUIRE ART IN THE FUTURE AND HOW ART IS DONATED TO THE CITY IN THE FUTURE.
HAS SOME FORMS TO FILL OUT, BASICALLY. IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN THAT THE MAYOR HAS WANTED FOR A LONG TIME, AND WAS APPROVED BY THE ART COMMISSION. MOST OF THE CONTENT CAME FROM THE CRC. AS AN EXTENSION OF THAT, WE -- LARISSA WORKED WITH A CITY EMPLOYEE NAMED SHANE, AND HE USED TO BE IN ENGINEERING. HE'S NOW IN I.T. , AND HE'S A GIS SPECIALIST. AND SO, SHANE PUT TOGETHER -- IT WAS HIS GIS AND WEB SKILLS AND LARISSA'S CONTENT, BUT WE PUT TOGETHER, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, A PUBLIC ART -- THIS IS CALLED A -- THIS IS CALLED A STORY MAP, SO THIS LINK IS NOW AVAILABLE OR WILL BE TOMORROW OR SOMETHING ON THE MAIN CITY WEB PAGE. BUT IT ALLOWS YOU TO GO HERE, AND AS YOU SCROLL DOWN, YOU KNOW, WE GOT SOME WORDS IN HERE. BUT THAT'S JUST THE INTRO.
BUT GENERALLY, WHAT IT IS, IT'S A MAP THAT SHOWS WHERE ALL OF OUR PUBLIC ART IS, AND AS YOU SCROLL, THIS IS ALPHABETICAL, IT TAKES YOU AROUND THE CITY AND SHOWS YOU WHERE ALL OF THE CITY'S PUBLIC ART CAN BE FOUND. OUR -- THE MAC TEAM, WHICH IS MARKETING AND EVENTS, THEY HAVE AMAZING PHOTOGRAPHERS, SO WE'VE BEEN SLOWLY UPDATING OUR INVENTORY OF THE PHOTOS OF THE VARIOUS PUBLIC ART. BUT THIS IS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER THAT YOU CAN FIND ALL THE CITY'S PUBLIC ART ON A WEBSITE.
THERE USED TO BE THE CASE THAT HAMILTON COUNTY TOURISM HAD A BUNCH OF CARMEL ART ON THERE, BUT THEY ALSO HAD ART THAT WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH US, JUST HAPPENS TO BE IN CARMEL, SO WE CAN'T CONTROL THAT QUALITY. AND OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S THE COUNTY SYSTEM, NOT OURS. SO, THE CITY NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, HAS THE ABILITY TO SHOW OFF EVERY ONE OF ITS PIECES OF ART EXACTLY WHERE IT IS AND A DESCRIPTION OF IT. AND OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR HEARTS, BECAUSE THIS COMMISSIN HAS BOUGHT, DARE I SAY, MOST OF THE ART ON THIS LIST.
>> SO, HOW DO WE ACCESS IT? >> THE Y PUT OUT A PRESS RELEASE, SO IT'S GOT LINKS IN THERE IF YOU HAPPEN TO SEE THAT.
OTHERWISE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME LINKS ON THE WEBSITE. YOU CAN FIND IT BY -- TODAY, YOU CAN FIND IT BY GOING TO GOVERNMENT AND -- LET THE ME JUST SHOW THAT TO YOU REAL QUICK. LET'S SEE. THE ART COMMISSION HAS TO BE
SOMEWHERE IN HERE. >> IT'S UNDER DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES?
>> NO, IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT A DOCS THING. IT'S A CRC THING.
IF YOU GO TO THE CITY PAGE NOW -- BY THE WAY, THE CITY WEBSITE IS BEING REVAMPED, AND SO WHATEVER YOU GOT TO SAY ABOUT THE CITY WEBSITE, DON'T WORRY, IT'LL ALL BE FIXED SHORTLY. BUT IF YOU GO TO OUR CITY PAGE, GOVERNMENT, TOWARDS THE
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COMMISSIONS, TO THE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON THE ARTS, YOU CAN SEE THE PUBLIC ART STORY MAP THAT I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT. ADDITIONAL DASHBOARDS.IT WILL ALSO BE IN SOME OTHER PLACES AS WELL. THE LINKS ARE BEING UPDATED. THIS JUST HAPPENED YESTERDAY. THE OTHER PART OF THIS, THOUGH, IS WHAT'S CALLED A PUBLIC ART WALKING TOUR.
I'LL JUST MENTION, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO VIEW THIS ON YOUR PHONE, NOT A WEBSITE.
BECAUSE YOU'RE WALKING AROUND, LOOKING AT ART PROBABLY ON YOUR MOBILE AND NOT ON A WEBSITE, BUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE THING WE SHOWED BEFORE AND NOW IS THIS IS A -- THESE ARE HALF- MILE, ESSENTIALLY, WALKING TOURS. SO, IF YOU WANT TO GO ON A MILE FITNESS WALK AND LOOK AT ART, THIS MAPS OUT HOW YOU CAN HIT YOUR HALF MILES AND YOUR MILES.
AND WE HAVE THE ONE-MILE ART WALK, AND WE HAVE A CITY CENTER HALF A MILE WALK. I THINK. AND THEN, THESE TWO LINK TOGETHER. SO, ONE STARTS -- THE OTHER STARTS IT WHERE THIS ONE LEAVES OFF. SO, IF YOU'RE EVER IN THE MOOD FOR FITNESS, YOU NOW HAVE AN APP THAT CAN TAKE YOU AROUND AND YOU CAN VIEW THE ART THAT WE HAVE.
SO, THESE ARE KIND OF THE TWO COMPONENTS OF THIS. AGAIN, THIS IS THE -- I WOULD JUST SAY, THIS IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT BEFORE. THE CITY NOW HAS A PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN. LARISSA DID THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS WORK. THAT SHOWS WHAT, YOU KNOW, HAS DEFINITIONS FOR WHAT ART IS.
IT EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF ART IN THE CITY.
I'LL SAY THIS. PUBLIC ART MASTER PLANS ARE PROMULGATED BY MANY COMMUNITIES. WHAT YOU OFTEN SEE IS THEY HAVE PICTURES OF OTHER PEOPLE'S ART BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ART IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
OUR PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN IS OUR ART BEING USED AS EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT KIND OF ART. WE PROVIDE SOME GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT MAKES IT A BIT MORE OBJECTIVE ABOUT WHAT KIND OF ART IS ACQUIRED IN THE FUTURE. WHERE THAT ART COULD GO. IT'S PRETTY PRESCRIPTIVE.
BUT ALSO, GENERAL AT THE SAME TIME. AND THEN, WE HAVE FORMS IN HERE FOR OUR -- HOW WE REVIEW DONATED ART AND POTENTIAL NEW ART ACQUISITION. WE SHOW AN INVENTORY OF OUR CURRENT ART, AND SO, THE ART WALK AND THE MAIN STORY BOARD ARE AN EXTENSION OF THE INVENTORY OF THE ART THAT WE HAVE IN THE MASTER PLAN THAT IS NOW AN INTERACTIVE ONLINE VERSION AS WELL. SO, I'M HOPING THAT EVERYONE GETS A CHANCE TO CLICK ON SOME LINKS AND CHECK OUT THE CITY'S PUBLIC ART TOUR. BECAUSE IT'S REALLY COOL AND AVAILABLE NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME.
SO, THE OTHER THING I'LL SAY IS THIS KIND OF WORK, CITIES GENERALLY HIRE CONSULTANTS FOR AND PAY THEM THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, AND THE ENTIRETY OF THIS WORK WAS DONE, ESSENTIALLY, BY STAFF AT THE CRC AND STAFF IN THE IT DEPARTMENT, ALL WHEN THEY WEREN'T BUSY DOING THEIR OTHER ACTUAL JOBS, WHICH THEY ARE VERY BUSY DOING.
SO, THIS HAS BEEN A PRODUCT OF SOME LONG- TIME LABOR WITH LARISSA ON OUR TEAM DOING THE MAJORITY OF THAT. SO, I JUST WANT TO GIVE HER SOME KUDOS AND HAVE THE CHANCE TO SHOW THIS OFF. MY FAVORITE PART.
MY FAVORITE PART. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS -- I
HEARD MARIANO. >> MARIANO IS ALSO GREAT.
I WILL -- I WILL POINT OUT THAT SLIDE 11 OR 11 HERE IS CALLED CHANNELS OF CONNECTION. THERE'S NO PICTURE YET. THAT'S THE ART BY SOLANO, THE HEAD SCULPTURE WHERE THE STUDENTS PROVIDED ART FOR INSPIRATION. SO, WE HAVE IT IN PLACE. WE'LL HAVE A PICTURE WHEN IT ACTUALLY GETS INSTALLED. SO, THIS IS CURRENT AND ACTUALLY FORWARD, FUTURE- LOOKING, AND IS A PRETTY NEAT INTERACTION HERE, AND WE DID NOT INCLUDE IN THE
CAPTION THAT THIS LOOKS LIKE >> WHAT'S THE DATE AND TIME
FOR INSTALLATION OF THE OTHER? >> AND WHERE'S IT GOING AGAIN,
HENRY? >> IN FRONT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.
>> OH, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL?
>> YEP, IN THE OTHER ROUND-ABOUT IN FRONT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL. SO, THE LIBRARY ART ROUND- ABOUT, TAKING FLIGHT IS RIGHT HERE. AND THEN IT'S GOING HERE IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL. THE WAY YOU WOULD PULL INTO THE NATATORIUM, I GUESS. SO, I THINK THAT'S A NICE LITTLE BOOKEND TO TODAY'S DIRECTOR PRESENTATION. SOME GOOD WORK BY CITY STAFF.
>> THANK YOU. >> WELL, PLEASE CONVEY TO LARISSA THE CONGRATULATIONS OF THE COMMISSION ON HER HARD WORK.
>> WITH THAT, NO OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
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COMMISSIONERS. >> ANY QUESTIONS OF THE DIRECTOR REGARDING HIS REPORT?
>> OH, I JUMPED AHEAD OF COMMISSIONER BROOKS. THERE WAS ALSO NO ARCHITECTURAL MEETING AS WELL. I'M SORRY TO STEAL YOUR THUNDER.
>> WELL, I WAS -- I WILL JUMP BACK TO COMMISSIONER BROOKS.
COMMISSIONER BROOKS, ANY REPORT FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL
COMMITTEE? >> THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST EXCITING THING THIS EVENING. NO, MR. PRESIDENT, WE DID NOT MEET LAST MONTH.
>> WHY, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. VERY GOOD.
WELL, IS THERE ANY OLD BUSINESS TONIGHT?
>> THERE IS NOT. >> ANY NEW BUSINESS TONIGHT?
>> ANY OTHER BUSINESS TONIGHT?
[9. EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS NEXT REGULAR MEETING: Wednesday, November 19th, 2025, 6:30 p.m.]
I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT, BUT I'VE GOT TO BE POLTE. WELL, THEREFORE, OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19TH. I PRESUME HERE IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. AND SO, WITHOUT OBJECTION, I WILL DECLARE US TO BE IN ADJOURNMENT PENDING THE EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS. AND THANK YOU ALL THIS EVENING.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.